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  • 81coil spring — Spring Spring, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See {Spring}, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. [1913 Webster] The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its… …

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  • 82Coil (chemistry) — A coil, in chemistry, is a tube, frequently in spiral form, used commonly to cool steam originating from a distillation and thus to condense it in liquid form. Usually it is of copper or another material that conducts heat easily. Coils are often …

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  • 83coil — 1. noun /kɔɪl/ a) Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral. If the windes rage, doth not the Sea wax mad, / Threatning the welkin with his big swolne face? / And wilt thou haue a reason for this coile? b) Common name for any intra uterine …

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  • 84Coil — Recorded in the spellings of MacCool., MacIlhoyle, MacCole, Cole, Coil, Coils, Coll, and Coyle, this interesting surname has three possible origins. Firstly, it may be a pet form of the personal name Nicholas , itself coming from the Greek… …

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  • 85coil around — phr verb Coil around is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑snake …

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  • 86coil up — phr verb Coil up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑rope …

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  • 87coil — Synonyms and related words: bolt, braid, brouhaha, bun, chignon, circles, cirrus, coil, corkscrew, crimp, crisp, cue, curl, curlicue, entwine, enwrap, evolute, foofaraw, furore, gyre, helix, involute, kink, knot, loop, part, piece, pigtail, plait …

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  • 88coil — I. v. a. Gather into a coil, lay into a spiral. II. v. n. Make coils, form spiral rings. III. n. 1. Convolution, circular heap, spiral ring, spiral. 2. Perplexities, entanglements, tumult, bustle, care, turmoil, clamor, confusion, uproar …

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  • 89coil ignition — /kɔɪl ɪgˈnɪʃən/ (say koyl ig nishuhn) noun a system for supplying the sparking plugs of an internal combustion engine with a high voltage from an induction coil rather than a magneto …

  • 90coil — ritė statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. bobbin; coil; spool vok. Spule, f rus. катушка, f pranc. bobinage, m; bobine, f …

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